Of course, DLC isn’t all garbage, but everything that comes from EA is. Indie favorite The Maw is the first to take advantage of the new system, and it wouldn’t have survived if it didn’t have a serious first offering. Similarly, I don’t hold Half-Life 2’s episodes against Valve, because they weren’t working on Episodes 1, 2, and 3 before they finished the first game, as was the case with, say, Spore.

At any rate, this reduces the advantages retail has on digital distribution by one. That’s always a good thing.

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OverviewSteam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer, and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute games and related media online, from small independent developers to larger software houses.